[mythtv-users] whats the best graphics card for HD playback?

[Jarod Wilson]

On Jan 23, 2006, at 09:55, Yeechang Lee wrote:

> Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> says:
>> GeForce 6200 here, DVI to DVI at 1080p, absolutely flawless.
>
> Which makes it all the more annoying that my eVVAG GeForce 6200TC
> can't do 1080p without that slight tearing issue I've previously
> written about. I've tried overclocking with the Collbits bit set,
> which doesn't seem to do much good. And yes, I'm using SGI OpenGL
> timing. I'll report on whether the used PCX 5300 I bought will take
> care of the issue.

Do you have 'sync to vblank' checked or unchecked in nvidia-settings?  
ISTR seeing some tearing w/that set one way or the other...

My full .nvidia-settings-rc:

# Configuration file for nvidia-settings - the NVIDIA X Server  
Settings utility
# Generated on Mon Sep  5 01:38:15 2005
#

# ConfigProperties:

ToolTips = Yes
DisplayStatusBar = Yes
SliderTextEntries = Yes
IncludeDisplayNameInConfigFile = No
ShowQuitDialog = No

# Attributes:

0/FlatpanelScaling[DFP-0]=0
0/DigitalVibrance[DFP-0]=0
0/ImageSharpening[DFP-0]=0
0/SyncToVBlank=1
0/AllowFlipping=1
0/LogAniso=0
0/FSAA=0
0/TextureSharpen=0
0/ForceGenericCpu=0
0/FSAAAppControlled=1
0/LogAnisoAppControlled=1
0/RedBrightness=0.000000
0/GreenBrightness=0.000000
0/BlueBrightness=0.000000
0/RedContrast=0.000000
0/GreenContrast=0.000000
0/BlueContrast=0.000000
0/RedGamma=1.000000
0/GreenGamma=1.000000
0/BlueGamma=1.000000
0/XVideoTextureSyncToVBlank=1
0/XVideoBlitterSyncToVBlank=0

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com


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